Norman Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,431 people in Norman Gardens of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Norman Gardens was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Norman Gardens aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Norman Gardens was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Norman Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Norman Gardens was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Norman Gardens 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Norman Gardens were Australian 34.0%, English 27.2%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.2% and German 4.5%.

In Norman Gardens, 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, England 1.2%, India 1.2%, Brazil 1.1% and Philippines 1.0%.

In Norman Gardens, 77.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Norman Gardens were Catholic 29.1%, Anglican 17.9%, No Religion 16.5%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In Norman Gardens 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 1.3%, Bengali 0.7%, Tagalog 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 4,384 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Norman Gardens. Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Norman Gardens, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Norman Gardens was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Norman Gardens included Professionals 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Norman Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Tertiary Education 3.9% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Norman Gardens was $674.

In Norman Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 2.0%, Bus 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Norman Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Norman Gardens, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Norman Gardens, 44.9% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Norman Gardens 13.4% of single parents were male and 86.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Norman Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,423 and those without children was $2,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Norman Gardens, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.7% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Norman Gardens, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norman Gardens, 85.9% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Norman Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Norman Gardens, 28.8% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Norman Gardens, of all households, 75.7% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Norman Gardens, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Norman Gardens, 36.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Norman Gardens, there were 430 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 212 (or 49.3%) were male and 218 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Norman Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $988.

In Norman Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,699.